Chapter 491 The Emperor's Deathbed Blessing
At this time, Zhao Lingmeng also noticed the retired emperor's eyes. She took the initiative to pass her hand to the retired emperor and held it. "Father, what's wrong with your eyes? Don't be afraid, there are so many doctors here!"
The Emperor held Funing's hand tightly, and chuckled with all his strength, "Daughters are still the best!"
"Father, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Lingmeng felt it was really sudden at this moment, and she was really worried.
"I'm fine, I just fell off the mountain and I'm going to see Changyou. I want to see you before I leave, otherwise when I meet Changyou, I won't even have a topic to talk about. How embarrassing!"
It wasn't that the emperor was being pretentious; he simply had nothing to linger over. His son governed the country well, and his grandson was a wise ruler. He'd experienced all the pleasures and fun that one should have, and life got lonely after a long time.
"Father, what are you saying? Your son can't live without you!" The emperor was pacing anxiously at the side. If he wasn't afraid of being laughed at by Zhao Lingmeng, he would have cried.
Zhao Lingmeng tightly grasped the Emperor's hand, hoping to give him strength. "How is that possible? My father must have wanted you to wait a few years to find him. He might be living happily with me and my mother right now!"
"That won't work!"
It was unclear whether the emperor was responding to the emperor or Zhao Lingmeng. Both the emperor and Zhao Lingmeng were quite anxious at the moment.
"Father, if you leave, I will order the death of all those who serve you. I'll ask them to accompany you. It's their fault for not serving you well enough. They didn't even bother to persuade you to go drink on some mountain so late at night. Drink if you want! And then they let you roll down the mountain. It's simply outrageous."
At this moment, the emperor would have liked to sentence those people to death immediately, if he had not been afraid that his father would not agree.
The Emperor knew he had no great talents. The stability of the Jing Kingdom was due to his parents and children. No matter what happened, there were people to back him up. How could his father just leave like that?
"Cough cough" The emperor was so excited that he couldn't help coughing up a mouthful of blood. The imperial physician next to him immediately stepped forward to give him acupuncture, pushing Zhao Lingmeng and the emperor aside.
After the acupuncture, the imperial physician immediately knelt on the ground, his head lowered as low as possible, fearing that he would be irritated. He kept apologizing, "Your Majesty is incompetent!"
"Don't vent your anger on innocent people. Let's have a chat between the three of us." The emperor was holding his breath and refused to swallow it. He just wanted to have a chat.
"Fu Ning..., come here!"
When Zhao Lingmeng heard the emperor calling her, she immediately knelt back down beside the emperor's bed.
The Emperor held Funing's hand and murmured, "You are a good child. I still remember the years without you. I dare not sleep soundly every night, for fear that I would lose the country of my ancestors in my sleep. You have made great contributions to the development of Jingguo."
Zhao Lingmeng's heart trembled when she heard the emperor's inner thoughts. She couldn't accept such a high hat. She quickly expressed her loyalty, "Father, in fact, I did this not without selfish motives. I was in such a bad situation at that time! My husband is a confused person, and he has three children.
Although my father and mother are willing to take care of me, if I really get a divorce and go back, will my brothers and sisters-in-law really have no objections after a long time?
I don't want to live a life where I have to look at other people's faces! You see, I am now the Princess of Funing. I don't have to work like my brother, dealing with memorials every day, or getting up early to attend court.
No one in Yuanjing dares to mess with me. What a wonderful life these days are!
It was all thanks to my father, the Bole. But not every man is willing to admit that a woman has talent.
I am quite satisfied with my current life, and the greatest credit goes to you, Father, and my brother, for your ability to use people wisely."
The Emperor was actually quite satisfied with Zhao Lingmeng. She never interfered in the affairs of the court and even refused to live in Yuanjing City for peace and quiet. She even asked him for permission to teach her children a little craft.
The emperor praised generously: "I know you are a good child."
After the emperor finished speaking, he paused for a moment before calling out, "Chen'er!"
"Your Majesty, I'm here!" The emperor immediately knelt down above Zhao Lingmeng.
"I want you to promise that as long as Funing doesn't rebel, you won't abandon it!"
When the Emperor said this, both the Emperor and Zhao Lingmeng were extremely shocked. Did the Emperor really think that Funing was not his father's daughter? His father had not asked him not to touch his brothers and sisters today, but he had specifically mentioned not to touch Funing.
If the emperor hadn't been afraid that if he asked, his father would be furious, he would have wanted to ask. He had been curious for a long time, and his heart felt like a cat scratching.
But at this moment, regardless of what Zhao Lingmeng and the emperor were thinking, they had to pretend to be polite. The emperor acted very sincerely and said, "I agree to this little thing."
Zhao Lingmeng was touched. "Fu Ning thanks Father and Brother. Don't worry, Fu Ning will not let you down today."
The emperor was blind now, but he still subconsciously widened his eyes and stared at Zhao Lingmeng: "Fu Ning, remember what you said, get out!"
Under the Emperor's gaze, Zhao Lingmeng knelt in the center and bowed deeply toward the Emperor. "I thank you for your consideration. I will never go back on my word. I am a Jing Nation citizen in life and a Jing Nation ghost in death."
After expressing his loyalty, Zhao Lingmeng respectfully withdrew, leaving the space to the father and son of the heavenly family.
As soon as Fu Ning left, the emperor knelt down and moved closer to his father's head, "Don't worry, your Majesty, I won't abandon you."
"You have wanted to ask me why I am so good to Funing for a long time!" The emperor was very relaxed at this time, as if he was calmly waiting for someone to pick him up.
When the Emperor saw his father bring this up, he quickly followed up on his father's words and asked, not even caring about his sadness: "Well, it feels like Father treats Funing better than the rest of us! And it's not just me who wants to know, everyone in Yuanjing wants to know too!"
"If I was really that good to Funing, why didn't I pass the throne to her? It's just that she is an irreplaceable person in Jingguo, you know? Even if Chen'er followed Funing's example, he didn't have the wild ideas that Funing had.
Besides, she is Changyou’s only daughter! Changyou has always loved her.”
The more the emperor listened, the more he complained. Old Marquis Zhao truly held the emperor's heart. Even after his death, the emperor still cared for his daughter. Furthermore, the emperor felt his father must be completely lost. How could Funing possibly be Old Marquis Zhao's only daughter? And what about the concubine of the Third Prince?
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